Link to title manual.
https://ftp.txdmv.gov/pub/txdot-info...l_book_451.pdf
clerks getting hung up on manufacturer and "homemade" paragraph in 25-13. A replica manufacture should be listed as assembled. Not ERA, BDR, etc.
read the entire chapter 25 closely and maybe you will be able to explain it to the DMV....
oh and good luck.